Lansing won to keep their playoffs hope alive, they are 1.5 games back but there is hope. Dunedin lead by two games and are being helped by lots of rain in Florida, they were rained out today and could be rained out tomorrow too. Bluefield lost and are eliminated from the post-season. The GCL Jays had their final game of the season rained out. Buffalo keep losing, New Hampshire keep winning and Vancouver turned things around with a nice win.
Scranton 14 Buffalo 2
Buffalo are limping to the end of the season. Scott Diamond gave up eight runs in two innings and Chad Girodo followed by conceding two. The Bisons were down 10-0 in the fifth. Seven pitchers in total were needed to get through the game.
Matt Dominguez had three hits and drove in both runs. Dalton Pompey had two hits.
Trenton 2 New Hampshire 7
The Fisher Cats did most of their damage in a six run fifth inning. Three hits, three walks a hit batter and an error generated the six runs. Christian Lopes started with an RBI single, Richard Urena also had an RBI single and Jon Berti had a two RBI double. The other runs came via a bases loaded walk and a sac fly. Rowdy Tellez hit his 21st home run to score the first run in the second inning. New Hampshire had six hits, all from the top four in the order. Lopes and Tellez had two each.
Newish Jay John Straka went six innings and gave up two runs. John Stilson pitched two good innings and Wil Browning one.
Tampa at Dunedin - rained out
This was supposed to be a doubleheader but a tropical storm cancelled both games and tomorrows game is in doubt too.
Bowling Green 1 Lansing 3
Lansing got down to business early scoring one in the first and twice in the second. In that first inning Andrew Guillotte and Josh Palacios singled, JB Woodman followed with an RBI double. Five straight singles led to the two runs in the second. Ryan Hissey and Ryan Metzler got it started. Cavan Biggio and Guillotte added rbi singles. Palacios also singled but Biggio was out at the plate. Palacios led the offense with three hits.
Angel Perdomo pitched well for 5.2 innings. Six hits, no walks and seven K's. He left the game in the sixth for what was described as precautionary reasons. Gino Encina followed with 2.1 innings of two hit relief. Andrew Case picked up his ninth save.
Salem-Keizer 8 Vancouver 13
This was a welcome win for the struggling Canadians. The bottom three hitters in the order had nine RBI, three each. Javier Hernandez and Deiferson Barreto each were 2-4 with a home run. Andres Sotillo was 1-3 with a double to drive in his three runs. Jacob Anderson had three hits and scored three runs. Juan Tejada had two hits.
The Mike Ellenbest, Andy Ravel tandem were on the mound, Ellenbest gave up two runs, Ravel 5. Jackson McClelland was the best of the pitchers with 2.2 shutout innings.
Bluefield 3 Princeton 5
Three days ago the Jays and Princeton were battling for a playoff spot. Three losses to Princeton have now eliminated the Jays from the playoffs. Yennsy Diaz started and gave up five runs in the first three innings, a hole the Jays could not get out of. Diaz went five, Alex Estrella held the Rays at bay for four innings.
The Jays had eight hits. Bradley Jones stayed hot with two doubles and two RBI. Jesus Severino also had two hits and scored twice.
GCL Phillies at GCL Blue Jays - rained out
The GCL Jays season is now over.
Three Stars
Third Star - Rowdy Tellez
Second Star - Deiferson Barreto
First Star - Josh Palacios
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